Re: Looking for recommendation or backup/restore tool
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:41:07 -0700
Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org> wrote:
> Michael Martinell wrote:
> > Does anybody have any suggestions for this?
>
> Erm, why the requirement for a web interface? That right there is
> the killer because backup/restore is generally thought of an admin
> task which implies to some degree having command line access on the
> box(es) in question. I would presume that a web-based solution hasn't
> been worked on because when one is thinking in terms of backups and,
> as an extension, disaster recovery, the solution which requires the
> least amount of fluff to operate is going to be more robust, sought
> after and presumably developed.
I can't speak to the OP's requirement for it, but I can give an example
where the web interface is helpful for us. And, BTW, BackupPC has both a
cli interface as well as the web interface (since it is written in
Perl).
We have a hosting customer that requires frequent backups and
occasionally needs to download part of a backup. Our backup software
allows us to give them a login that only gives them access to the
backups from their server. This way they can not mess with backups from
other servers and we do not have to trust them with a shell login on our
backup server.
HAND,
Jacob
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